Chocolate Cake

There are so many chocolate cake recipes out there, but I have been using this one for years and I don’t know why I would want to try anything else.

Ingredients

4 Tbsp water

1 Tbsp butter

2 Tbsp cocoa powder

1 Tbsp golden syrup

2½ cake flour

3 eggs

1 tsp vanilla essence

2 tsp baking powder

2½ cups sugar

Method

Place the butter, water, cocoa powder and golden syrup in a pot and let everything combine.

Whisk the eggs and the sugar until they are pale in color.

Fold in the dry ingredients

Then add the hot mixture followed by the dry ingredients

Bake in a moderate oven at 180°C/350°F for 18-20 minutes in 2 tins

Baked Cheesecake

This is probably one of the easiest cheesecakes you can think of making. It is crustless, but if you want to use a nice base, scan further down and you will come across the sweet paste recipe. Otherwise, use the good old fashioned crushed biscuits and melted butter mix.